WordWeb

from WordWeb Software

What is WordWeb?

WordWeb is an international English dictionary and thesaurus program based on the WordNet database. The program is activated by holding down CTRL and right-clicking on a word in almost any program. This opens the WordWeb main window, with definitions and other help. The thesaurus is integrated into the dictionary; synonyms, as well as detailed categorization of the relationship between words, are shown under the definition. WordWeb is regionalized, with specific dictionaries for Australian, British, Canadian, American, Irish, New Zealand, South African, and Indian English.

About (from WordWeb Software)

This thesaurus/dictionary can be used to look up words from almost any program. In addition to displaying sense definitions and synonyms, WordWeb can find sets of related words. The database has more than 150,000 root words and 120,000 synonym sets, many proper nouns, pronunciations, and usage tags. WordWeb works off l... Read more

Overview

The most common release is 6, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. During setup, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start when any user boots the PC. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). In the Google Chrome browser, it will add an extension. The primary executable is named wweb32.exe. The setup package generally installs about 53 files and is usually about 39.17 MB (41,075,136 bytes).

How do I remove WordWeb?

Or, you can uninstall WordWeb from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.

On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:

Windows Vista/7/8: Click Uninstall a Program.

Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.

When you find the program WordWeb, click it, and then do one of the following:

Windows Vista/7/8: Click Uninstall.

Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).

Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove WordWeb.

How do I reset my web browser?

If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by WordWeb you can restore them to their previous default settings.

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.

Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.

The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.

Mozilla Firefox

At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.

To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.

When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.

Google Chrome

Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.

Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.

When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.

Restart Google Chrome.

OS VERSIONS

Win 7 (SP1) 58%

Win 8 0%

HOW IT STARTS

Automatically starts? Yes

(Found in the run registry)

USER ACTIONS

Uninstall it 5%

Keep it 95%

Windows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

Windows 7

64.60%

Windows 8

20.47%

Windows XP

8.18%

Windows Vista

6.74%

Windows Server 2003

0.01%

Which OS releases does it run on?

Windows 7 Home Premium

32.25%

Windows 7 Ultimate

14.70%

Windows 7 Professional

12.79%

Microsoft Windows XP

8.14%

Windows Vista Home Premiu...

5.42%

Windows 8.1

5.01%

Geography

57.25% of installs come from the United States

Which countries install it?

United States

57.25%

India

13.60%

Canada

3.59%

United Kingdom

3.47%

Australia

2.82%

Philippines

1.29%

South Africa

1.06%

Malaysia

1.05%

Pakistan

0.94%

United Arab Emirates

0.94%

BD

0.76%

Brazil

0.48%

Saudi Arabia

0.47%

Singapore

0.45%

PC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

Dell

30.28%

Hewlett-Packard

28.79%

Acer

13.39%

Toshiba

6.32%

ASUS

5.41%

Lenovo

4.65%

GIGABYTE

4.24%

Intel

3.59%

Samsung

1.75%

American Megatrends

0.89%

Sahara

0.69%

Common models

HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ...

6.24%

HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P...

5.10%

Dell Inspiron N5010

3.72%

HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ...

3.47%

Dell Inspiron N5110

2.90%

Dell Inspiron 1545

2.58%

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